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Apple released its annual <a href="http://www.apple.com/supplierresponsibility/reports.html">supplier responsibility report</a> this week, which detailed a number of labor and environmental violations in the company's supply chain. The most troubling&nbsp;revelation, and the one that is getting the most media attention, is&nbsp;the discovery of multiple cases of child labor, as the internal audit found that 106 children were employed at 11 factories that produced Apple products in the past year. But that isn't all; the audit also found that many of the company's suppliers failed to properly store and handle hazardous waste, and that over 100 facilities failed to recycle or properly dispose of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/e-waste/">hazardous waste</a>.</a></a></em></a></em></a></a></a></a></big>...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/apple-supply-chain-report-reveals-labor-and-environmental-violations/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Apple released its annual <a href="http://www.apple.com/supplierresponsibility/reports.html">supplier responsibility report</a> this week, which detailed a number of labor and environmental violations in the company's supply chain. The most troubling&nbsp;revelation, and the one that is getting the most media attention, is&nbsp;the discovery of multiple cases of child labor, as the internal audit found that 106 children were employed at 11 factories that produced Apple products in the past year. But that isn't all; the audit also found that many of the company's suppliers failed to properly store and handle hazardous waste, and that over 100 facilities failed to recycle or properly dispose of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/e-waste/">hazardous waste</a>.</a></a></em></a></em></a></a></a></a></big>...<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/apple-supply-chain-report-reveals-labor-and-environmental-violations/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Apple released its annual supplier responsibility report this week, which detailed a number of labor and environmental violations in the company's supply chain. The most troubling revelation, and the one that is getting the most media attention, is the discovery of multiple cases of child labor, as the internal audit found that 106 children were employed at 11 factories that produced Apple products in the past year. But that isn't all; the audit also found that many of the company's suppliers failed to properly store and handle hazardous waste, and that over 100 facilities failed to recycle or properly dispose of hazardous waste....